Rellergert v. Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that evidence casting doubt on a supervisor’s performance did “not support an inference [the supervisor] condoned any unconstitutional practice by . . . employees”
• recognizing that evidence casting doubt on a supervisor’s performance did “not support an inference [the supervisor] condoned any unconstitutional practice by ... employees”
• stating that a policy which places inmates with suicidal tendencies on nearly constant watch is an affirmative and deliberate step to prevent suicides
• no deliberate indifference where \policy used by the Sheriff's office ... represent[ed] affirmative and deliberate steps to prevent suicides by subjecting suicidal inmates to nearly constant watch.\
• “While we conclude that the law is clearly established that jailers must take measures to prevent inmate suicides once they know of the suicide risk, we cannot say that the law is established with any clarity as to what those measures must be.”
• “While we conclude that the law is clearly established that jailers must take measures to prevent inmate suicides once they know of the suicide risk, we cannot say that the law is established with any clarity as to what those measures must be.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).